For aid to earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan, musicians and industry professionals came together to make a recording of this song.

♪   One Word   ♪

Buy a downloadable MP3 ($3) or wma/Apple lossless ($6).

Photo: Masashi Sakamoto

For complete credits list and English adaptation of lyrics, click ⇒Credits and Lyrics Adaptation
For the list of solo order, click ⇒Solo Order List.
Scroll down for purchase info, and go to the To the StoreStore.

Japan Tsunami Jazz Aid One Word Recording Project 

Words and Music of One Word by Yoshiaki Masuo
Produced, arranged and engineered by Yoshiaki Masuo
Co-Produced by Shirley Masuo

[Credits (In order of participation)]: Yoshiaki Masuo (g, vo, keyb), Tony Marino (b), Marko Marcinko (ds, perc), Mark Soskin (p), Tim Ries (ts, ss), Bill O'connell (p), Bob Albanese (pianica), Clifton Anderson (tb), Ben Kraef (ts),  Makoto Ozone (org), Shiro Sadamura (el-vln), Bob Mover (as), Tadataka Unno (p), Soren Moller (org), Tōru Dodo (p), Lew Soloff (tp), Susan Pereira (chorus vo), Carol Moore (chorus), Gino Sitson (chorus), Dennis Day (chorus), Bill Mays (p, cello arrangement), Alisa Horn (cello), Kei Akagi (p, keyb), Phil Woods (as), The Twolips (background vo, chorus)

Michael McDonald (Recording Engineer at Kakinoki Studio), Shinobu Mitsuoka (Assistant Engineer), Katsuhiko Naito (Recording Engineer at Avatar Studios), Bob Mallory (Assistant Engineer), Jay Messina (Mixing and Mastering at West End Sound), Takehiko Tokiwa (Photos), Kirk Imamura (Avatar studios), Ed Wedberg (piano technician)
[Solo Order] ⇒Click Solo Order List.

* All participants in this recording have kindly donated their talent, time and services to raise money for this cause.

Recorded at Kakinoki Studio in Pennsylvania from May through June, 2011, and at Studio B of the Avatar Studios in New York on May 19, 2011
Duration: 14 min 35 sec.
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the One Word
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Payment Method: We accept secure payments via PayPal. You do not need to have a PayPal account, simply use your credit card (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express) to make your purchase. If you live in Japan, we also accept direct bank deposit.

To purchase downlaod, go to To the Store One Word download store (English mode), put item(s) into the shopping cart, item by item at a time, and then proceed to the checkout pages.

The store carries the following items:
One Word (MP3 192 kbps) 20MB $3.00
   One Word (WMA Lossless) 95MB $6.00
   One Word (Apple lossless .m4a )  99MB $6.00
Applause (relief donation). Unit amount $1.00 times up to 5
   As applause to the project , or to the heart and spirit of the musicians who donated their talent and time to this project, money donation in addition to purchasing One Word will be appreciated. This will also go to Japan tsunami relief.

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Download: After payment, you can attempt downloading your purchase up to three times within 10 days after payment confirmed. If you have failed to download or have any problem, please contact the store manager for solution. For more information about download, please read the "Payment and download" page. in the store.

Now, go to the To the Store One Word download store (English mode). 

All sales profits will be donated
All profits earned at the One Word download store will be donated to the following organizations to support victims of Japan's earthquake and tsunami:
(1) Japanese Red Cross Society
(2) GB Fund The Northeast Japan Earthquake Restoration Fund

From store manager and webmaster of Yoshiaki Masuo website: I promise that I will hand all the profit earned from the One Word project to Mr. Yoshiaki Masuo. And Mr. Masuo will send all of the money to the organizations stated on the left. (Kazuko Unno)

(c) 2011  Yoshiaki Masu website